The state agency tasked with cleaning up the environmental disaster at Piney Point contributed to many of the problems at the site, critics say, raising questions about the effectiveness of Florida’s environmental regulations.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Friday stopped the flow of untreated wastewater from Piney Point into Tampa Bay and is working to implement a long-term solution, while also pledging to hold property owner HRK Holdings responsible for the disaster.
Yet it was DEP’s own decisions that helped push the problems at the former fertilizer plant property to another breaking point, according to some environmental advocates and public officials.
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